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NEW: This year, Dublin will become the latest European capital to bar thru-traffic from its city centre. Private cars & commercial trucks will be allowed access only if their final destination is downtown. The goal is a 60% traffic reduction in the centre.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

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A blog post from 2020 - I take a look at the beautiful hymn tune 'Slane' and consider what makes it work corymbus.co.uk/be-thou-my-visi

Happy New Year, London. We enjoyed your fireworks last night & your ⁦‪@Lnydp‬⁩ parade today!

Perfect weather for a muddy Boxing Day dog walk in Reddish Vale…

Gosh, this new wearable AI pin by @Humane looks like it could be an amazing upgrade/replacement for our mobile phones. I think I might have thought this a little scary a few years ago, but now it just seems like a natural development…
hu.ma.ne/

Looking forward to seeing what I’m hoping is essentially English National Opera staging their “Readers Digest Condensed” version of La Traviata. & Yes, I’m aware that I’m showing my age with that statement…

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#Introduction for my new followers. Thanks for following! ❤️

A forty-something single guy traveling the world with his dog 🐶. Everything I own fits in a 30kg + 10kg bag. I own 10 pairs of underwear. 😉 I like minimalism, I don't need houses or cars to please. I prefer absolute freedom.

I love to learn about new cultures and fully engage with them. I condemn all forms of racism and hate speech. 🤚🏼 1/2

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X makes me think of rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic

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#Threads is not available in countries with stricter privacy regulations.

Use this information to your advantage.

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I don’t quite understand how Meta can see Twitter being slowly dismantled, have years of understanding of what users actually want from Twitter, and then build something that’s worse than Twitter.

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#yeg #COVID19AB wastewater counts are at nearly the lowest it's been since the beginning of monitoring... and I REALLY hope it stays that way...

covid-tracker.chi-csm.ca/

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A great (and heartbreaking) article about the Cosmologist Catherine Heymans, the Astronomer Royal of Scotland. It was supposed to be about the amazing science she does - it still is, but it is also about long covid and the incredible resilience in the face of a life coming apart:

theguardian.com/science/2023/m

#astrodon #astronomy #LongCovid #cosmology #WomenInSTEM

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Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid slammed into what is today the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. The impact was so forceful that it kicked a tremendous amount of debris out of the atmosphere, which then rained back down, blanketing the Earth's surface with a layer of dust.

All that debris re-entering the atmosphere created a pulse of heat so strong that it set the world on fire.

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Wishing everyone a great day, except those who start their DMs with "I hope this message finds you well." For them, I hope they accidentally step on a LEGO, reminding them that there are better ways to start a (sales) conversation.

;-)

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I don't listen to #podcasts much - but 99% invisible is one notable exception. One of their recent episodes is about while the Netherlands is such a good biking country - and no, it's not because it's flat or because it doesn't snow here much:

99percentinvisible.org/episode

I've not ridden a bike from the age of 12 to the age of 34 and here I am now, happily cycling 11km to work on my ebike!

#biking #bike #fahrrad #mdrza #

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